What do you think makes an individual successful or unsuccessful?

Good
Honesty: Admit you don't know and be ready to learn. Give credit where it's due.
Integrity: Hard Right over the easy wrong
Praise in Public: When something goes right, don't take personal credit for it. Rarely ANYTHING in life is done by yourself so share the good times with those who were there to make them happen.
Bad
Attitude: If you don't have the right mind, right thought process you'll never succeed.
Close-mindedness : Refuse differing opinions. "My way or the highway". They might go first, but you'll be next.
Public Admonishment: If Praise is in public, punishment shouldn't be....but that isn't how it goes. It takes away morale, trust, and cohesion.

That depends how you measure success COL Mikel J. Burroughs.
If success is measured by fame and fortune then those born into wealth have a distinct advantage.
Thankfully real success is not measure by fame or fortune.
Helen Walton was incredibly rich yet she had a down to earth attitude because she had faith in Christ. "It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived."

Awesome visual chart. Sir, let me think on your questions for a couple days.

1) The first positive trait (or thing as you describe it) I would say is a loving sense of Self Discipline. Meaning you don't beat yourself up, when you fail to accomplish a goal, but you get past the disappointment or anger stage quickly and analyze why you failed. Do you need more time to prepare or more resources (such as training or studying or external support form co-workers, or family and friends), to accomplish your goal? Loving Self Discipline seems to me to be at or near the top for very successful people, athletes, academicians, or creators/inventors.
2) Indefatigable Sense of Resilience coupled with a willingness to fail. They are inseparable, two sides of the same coin. You have to be willing to fail, and fail often, and yet remain optimistic and resilient in the face of set-backs. High achievers seems to have this almost supernatural ability to risk failure, eat up failure, and not be discouraged from achieving their goals. They really have inculcated the idea that every failure brings them one step closer to success or obtaining their goals. Thomas Edison has a famous quote that encapsulates this idea. Some are said to be born with this trait, or it was developed in them by life experiences, by their parents at an early age, but by the time of their adulthood, they have this trait for success deeply ingrained in them.
Thanks for sharing this inspirational post, Sir.

"Hustle is Heaven for someone who is a hustler, Hustle is hell for someone who isn't."
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
"Don't start fights, but don't be afraid to finish them"

So that's four... I suppose #1 and #2 are the same theme though.

Honorable mention:
"Being on the right track is good, but you'll still get run over by the train if you don't MOVE"

Positive
1. Overall attitude
2. Team work
3. Great communicator

Negatives
1. Holier than thou attitudes
2. No communication
3. No team work (takes the credit)

COL Mikel Burroughs,

I am currently in the infancy of a program, Honor through Action. It is a non profit hopefully fiscally sponsored through the local American Legion to provide complimentary landscaping to WWII, Korean and Vietnam Veterans and surviving Spouses who are not as able to do the work anymore. What makes successful people? Action. This is a cause i hope to catch fire around the nation. I am in North Augusta SC and while a local program, I hope it to spark a purposeful change. Giving back to those who gave to us first.

Sure, all those things are important, but you can't overlook the unknown - luck. All those other factors will move you closer to success, but they can't push you over the finish line. You also need luck. No, you don't make your own luck. It's a combination of countless little things that can rarely be named let alone measured or controlled. In the course of my life, I worked with many people who had built significant successes and then shot their fortunes trying to recreate them. They did all the same things that led to those previous successes, but one more success eluded them. Why? They just weren't as lucky again. Don't let it get you down. Just because you're not lucky once doesn't mean you won't be lucky the next time. Trust me. My record at marriage is an excellent example...

Their frame of mind...their attitude....Stamina...perseverance.....

Positives:
1) Knowing how to manage your people, not micromanage your people.
2) Staying in your lane, don't get into business that isn't your, no one has time for that.
3) Mission first, people always

Negatives:
1) Treating your people like servants rather than humans (I knew an officer that did that, always pissed me off).
2) Not listening
3) Not caring, we may have a mission, and that mission is important, but you have to care about your people as much a you do about the mission.

I'm going to post this from a different perspective, not on how I feel, but based on what I see.

Fake it till you make it
Moderate Brown Nosing
Knowing the workplace politics

This also depends on what it means to be successful. I will focus on success in the work place.
+
Assertion
Innovation
Resourcefulness

-
Laziness with no goal (I am a lazy smart worker)
Blaming game
Entitlement